2017
DOI: 10.5539/ijef.v9n8p66
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Profitability and Its Determinants in Turkish Manufacturing Industry: Evidence from a Dynamic Panel Model

Abstract: Our paper empirically analyses the factors that determine the profitability of 120 manufacturing firms listed in Borsa Istanbul Stock Exchange during the period 2005-2012. Estimation results from dynamic panel data model taking into account the endogeneity of variables indicate that lagged profitability, firm size, financial risk, R&D costs, net working capital, and economic growth are the most important variables affecting firm profitability. More specifically, profitability is positively and significantly af… Show more

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“…A large standard deviation tells us about a large variability in profitability of the selected Serbian medium-sized enterprises. A similar result is obtained for Turkish manufacturing firms showed by Isik and Tasgin (2017). Each variable also exhibits substantial skewness (i.e., a large mean relative to the median).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 81%
“…A large standard deviation tells us about a large variability in profitability of the selected Serbian medium-sized enterprises. A similar result is obtained for Turkish manufacturing firms showed by Isik and Tasgin (2017). Each variable also exhibits substantial skewness (i.e., a large mean relative to the median).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 81%
“…While the company with lower profitability still need to do an effort to achieve high profit, including tax avoidance (Katz et al, 2013). Company with high profitability will tend to do more conservative and avoid committing questionable practice (Isik & Tasgin, 2017). Questionable practice like tax avoidance might lead to a negative firm value (Zhang et al, 2016).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For instance, some studies report the relationship between size and profitability to be either positive (e.g. Majumdar, 1997;Serrasqueiro and Nunes, 2008;Stierwald, 2010;Dogan, 2013;Liu at al., 2014;Çelikyurt and Dönmez, 2017;Isik and Tasgin, 2017) or negative (e.g. Goddard et al, 2005;Becker-Blease et al, 2010;Hatem, 2014;Shehata et al, 2017).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to scholars in industrial economics, business organization and finance, the size is considered to be one of the most essential characteristics of firms in explaining profitability (Majumdar, 1997;Amato and Amato, 2004;Goddard et al, 2005;Serrasqueiro and Nunes, 2008;Lee, 2009;Isik and Tasgin, 2017;among others). However, the question as to whether higher or lower firm size optimizes the firm's profitability continues to be discussed in the theoretical and empirical literature.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%